Smoking costly to South Africa and other low- and middle-income countries
Boachie MK, et al. The Economic Cost of Smoking in South Africa, 2016. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 24 August 2020. ntaa162, https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa162
Authors conclude that “for every Rand (South African currency) received in the form of cigarette tax, society loses 3.43 Rands.” “The economic burden of smoking calls for a further scaling-up of tobacco-control interventions in South Africa.”
Stephen Hamann
